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6 minutes, 39 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Did we neglect Sea Control in the counterinsurgency era of defence reviews?

By Lt Cdr Jonathan Bannister RN (rtd),
23 Dec 25

Ed. Our correspondent provides an appreciation of Royal Navy leadership maintaining strategic direction during the COIN era.

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Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Blockade, Campaigns, Caribbean, Carrier Strike Group, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Europe, Falklands War, Fleet Air Arm, From the Archive, Geopolitics, Global War On Terror, Globalisation, Information Operations, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Middle East, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Mission Command, Modernisation, National Defence, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Readiness, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Surveillance, Tactics, Technology, The Naval Review, Veterans
31 minutes, 6 seconds

Naval Intelligence: Delivering Power from the Sea II

By Dr Dave Sloggett,
18 Jul 25

Ed. This article, the second in a trilogy, focuses on the development of situational assessment by naval commanders, utilising then recent historical examples to demonstrate the synergistic properties of intelligence in modern warfare. Reproduced from the NR‘s Archive, originally published in August 2007 [95/3, p. 245]. A 30 minute read.

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Armed Forces, China, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Defence Reviews, Doctrine, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Global War On Terror, Globalisation, Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Learning From The Past, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Readiness, Royal Air Force, Russia, Sea Power, Service Culture, Ukraine, United States Navy
32 minutes, 2 seconds

Did we neglect Sea Control in the counter-insurgency era defence reviews?

By Lt Cdr K T White RN,
02 Jul 25

Ed. The author investigates the lack of sea control consideration in the Defence Reviews of the Counter-Insurgency (COIN) dominated era during the War on Terror. A 30 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Piracy, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Artificial Intelligence, Baltic, Black Sea, Carrier Strike Group, China, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Cold War, Combined Arms, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Europe, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Global War On Terror, Industry, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Maritime Strategy, Mine Countermeasures, Modularity, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval Platforms, Procurement, Russia, Sea Power, Strategy, Submarines, Technology, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), United States Navy, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
30 minutes, 30 seconds

How will a renewed NATO and war in Europe affect Norway’s new maritime forces?

By Cdr Magnus Vaagenes RNoN,
20 Nov 24

Ed. The author provides a primer on Norwegian fleet expansion during a period of immense geopolitical change in Europe. A 30 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Afghanistan, Artificial Intelligence, Budgets and Finance, China, Civil-Military Relations, Defence Engagement, Force Structure, General, Geopolitics, Global War On Terror, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, National Defence, Russia, Ukraine
39 minutes, 20 seconds

Grand Strategy, the UK as a Medium Power & its Maritime

By Bruce Williams,
18 Apr 23

Ed. Reflections on the current state of the UK’s strategic positioning amidst the background of an increasingly dangerous and unpredictable world. The author posits that the reality of medium power status means fundamentally reassessing the often ideologically driven assumptions that have brought the UK and the Royal Navy to this moment in history. A 40 minute read.

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